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What’s the Best Career Path for Me?

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Jul 10th, 2018
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Credentials open many doors to career opportunities. Which one will you enter? AAPC provides training and examination for every certification you could ever need to work in the business of healthcare. If you are new to the business of healthcare, you may not know which certification will help you to achieve your dream job. You ...
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The Far Reach of Medical Coding

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Jul 6th, 2018
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Your medical coding work is more important than you know. We asked a few experienced medical coders how their work ties to other things in life. This is a rather ambiguous question, to which we received four very different responses. Sara Boyce, CPC, CPMA, AAPC Associate: For me, medical coding has made me a better ...
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You Just Graduated High School. Now What?

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Jun 15th, 2018
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Consider a career as a healthcare business professional. The hoopla of graduating high school is over, and now everyone is asking you, “What are you going to do next?” You might give the obligatory response, “Go to college,” because that’s what everyone expects. But is that the right answer? Learn a Trade that Pays Unless ...
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Unlock the Full Potential of a Medical Coder

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Jun 13th, 2018
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A medical coder transforms healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes. Those codes are taken from medical record documentation, such as physician’s notes, laboratory and radiologic results, etc., to be paid by insurance carriers and government payers. Medical coders check the medical chart to ensure the codes are correct and ...
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Recovery Audit Program Enhancements Affect Providers Nationwide

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Jun 8th, 2016
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made a number of changes to the Recovery Audit Program for 2016. One of those changes is the length of time a provider has to submit a Discussion Request to a recovery audit contractor (RAC) following an automated review. CMS is also establishing Additional Documentation Request ...
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